13, March 2020 Trump fiddles
while America suffers
Trump’s tweets have lost their
sting. America is too preoccupied with the deadly “take no prisoners”,
Coronavirus. Our 401’s have become “201”s. The tax man is pounding the door
demanding his pound of flesh.
In the meantime, Trump continues
to spew out false statements. Gone is the bravado only to be replaced by a
frightened man unfit to govern.
He continues to downplay the
impact of the virus claiming he talked to “many people” great and small and had
a “hunch” that doctors and the media were misleading the public. He reassured a
doubting public the impact of the virus was less than 1 percent. He falsely
assured the public that anyone could be tested. His playbook of nasty
invectives may be over. It is increasingly doubtful if anyone will attend his
rallies.
Two precious months have been
squandered attempting to spook the market with Trump talk. In the meantime
South Korea conducted 700 times more tests than the US.
Dr. Tom Frieden, a former
director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, offered a sobering
statistic stating that it was possible the virus could kill more than 1 million
Americans.
Another sobering statistic
offered by Chancellor Angela Merkel estimated over 70 percent of Germany may be
affected.
China and South Korea both offer hope
that draconian isolation measures might tame this ” wild beast” from spreading.
It is now time Trump and his
science deniers abandon their collective fantasies and start working to save
American lives.
No comments:
Post a Comment